Zambia’s broadcasting regulator boss Guntila Muleya shot dead

The IBA is responsible for licensing, standards and enforcing compliance.

When Mr Muleya failed to return home on Tuesday night, his family alerted the police and began to search for him.

His body was discovered by a member of the public as he was on his way to work, the police said.

Two bullet cartridges were also found at the scene.

“I want to assure the nation on this sad development that the people involved in this gruesome murder of the IBA director general will be brought to book,” Thabo Kawana, the top civil servant in Zambia’s information ministry, told journalists.

Mr Muleya took over at the IBA in May from a veteran journalist who had headed the authority for 10 years.

He was previously the general manager in Zambia of South African pay TV firm MultiChoice.

In a statement, IBA said it was “deeply saddened” by the death and would continue to uphold the value and vision that Mr Muleya championed during his brief tenure.

Additional reporting by Kennedy Gondwe in Lusaka.